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The UN has called for US $15.7 million to help 300,000 El Salvadorians deal with catastrophic flooding over the next six months.
The government has described the floods as the worst disaster in the country’s history, as hundreds of thousands of people struggle to cope with record-breaking rainfall...

On the night of 28 June, a heavy downpour almost swallowed Imbelbellou – a village of 7000 inhabitants in a precarious valley in the Maradi region of southern Niger.
Maradi is Niger’s most populous region, and the country’s breadbasket, but is prone to natural disasters and vulnerable to...

Humanitarian organizations continue to face extremely limited access to people who urgently help in Sudan, a new map produced by OCHA highlighted today.
330,000 people may have been displaced or otherwise severely affected by recent conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, on the border between Sudan...

More than 6 million people urgently need food assistance in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has warned, after a landmark five-day visit to the crisis-hit country.
“Recent figures for children under five years of age show chronic...

Aid agencies must far more urgently establish the differing needs of men and women, young and old people, in order to save lives and rebuild communities during a crisis, a new report by leading humanitarian experts has warned.
"Sex and Age Matter", published by the Feinstein International Center...